April 2010

Belated Happy 90th Birthday To My Mom

Mom's Wedding PictureKate, as she prefers to be called, was born April 23rd in 1920. I have this old photo from her wedding taken in December of 1938 when she married my Dad. She has four children and a bunch of grand and great-grand children.

We’re having a celebration for her tomorrow to be held in her home in the north San Fernando Valley, CA.

Image: Wedding Picture.

I just hope that I have the genes from her side of the family tree. Her Dad lived until his late 80’s and his mother was 94 when she checked into the Cloud Ritz Hotel.

Beavertail Cactus Flower

beavertail.jpgWe fell in love with these beautiful hot pink flowers that appear on the beavertail cactus in the spring. We were in Joshua Tree National Park last May and saw many of them.

We found this potted cactus in the garden shop in Lowe’s. Although we looked for them in Arizona, we didn’t find one there. this small plant has another flower on the way.

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Bearcut Day

I got my bath and summer trim today. This is a movie of me getting out of the Daddy’s truck at the puppy spa. I got my bath and trim and then I got another ride home where I took a nap.

Spring Gold

Verna took this photo of a Frühlings gold epiphyllum flower. The German name of the flower means “spring gold” in English. I picked it off of the epiphyllum in the back yard and put it in a small vase. Not only is it a beautiful flower, but it has a delicate fragrance like a sea breeze. Click on the image to enlarge.

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